Shoes for plantar fasciitis - My personal experience

In 2018 I turned 40 and decided I needed to set myself some new challenges to keep myself out of trouble.

I've always been sporty and do around 5-7 hours of exercise in a normal week so the challenges I set myself were all sports related.

One of the challenges was to do a 'Tough Mudder'.

Let's get one thing straight - I am not a runner! I may like to keep fit but because of my over- pronating feet, large bunions and the fact that I just hate running - it has never formed part of my exercise routine.

Tough Mudder seemed like something that was more up my street - it may have been running over 8 miles but what appealed to me was that the running was interjected with 40 obstacles. I love obstacles and it also gave me an excuse to up my overall strength and fitness training in order to prepare.

The day was incredibly enjoyable! Mainly because I managed to rope in my husband and several friends to 'enjoy' it with us! I coped with the obstacles well and didn't feel too out of breath on my way running round.

However, a few days after the run, it was a whole different story...

On my way walking home from the train station I thought I had pulled a muscle in my legs as I was finding it really painful to walk - I thought it was from the run so tried to walk and exercise it off.

The pain was not going away and when I tried to locate the exact nature of the pain I realised it was in my feet themselves, which could only be relieved by walking on the balls of my feet, and I had developed a foot condition called 'plantar fasciitis'.

On investigation I found that Plantar fasciitis is inflammation of the plantar fascia, a part of your foot that connects your heel bone to your toes.

Symptoms of plantar fasciitis include pain around the heel and arch of your foot. Exactly what I was experiencing.

At first I was concerned as it can take many months to cure plantar fasciitis and what was even more distressing was that I couldn't power walk to and from the train station for work in my usual trainers without being in excruciating pain.

I did a bit more research and read that the best types of footwear to wear for plantar fasciitis were ones that included a raised heel and arch support.

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